Bust supporter and reducer.



M. PELDMAN BUST SUPPORTBR AND REDUGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1909,

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'1?! THE 8858 IIV VE N T 0h may Patented Apr. 29, 1913 'rnio sracrns y g m I MARIA FELDMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUST SU?PQRTER AND REDUGER,

ncense.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 29,1913.

Application filed June 29, 1909. Serial No. 504,983.

To all whom 2'15 may concern Be it known that 1,-llrLlAR1A FELDMAN', a citizen of the United States, residinginthe borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful lnipi.o\ 'ements in Bust Supporters and Reducers, of

which -the following is a full, clear, and exact specification. v This invention relates to bust, supporters and reducers and has for its object, primarily, the supporting and the reducing of the bust of women and the rejuvenating of their foi=ins,' especially women who have large busts and are corpulent.

The corsets that are in general use at the present time are commonly made of two i'parts or sections and when applied to the toward the neck and thereby causing this part natural.

bodies of' stout women have a tendency to force the surplus flesh and also thcbusts up oft-he body to be unsightly as well as uncomfortable to the wearer of the corset, and. the positioning of the busts'highei. than is I aim to remedy this defect by so constructing my improved bust supporter and reducer thatthe bust will be placed in its proper position giving the wearer a younger appearance 1n addition-to comfort,

the latter being insured by the depressing of the surplus flesh or corpulency which is formed around the neck, under the arms,

and on the back, the supporter operating to reducethis flesh and bring the bust to the syn'nnctrical form.

Reference is to be had tothc accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

' Figure 1 is a front- View of a figure ha.v ing a bust supporter and reducer applied thereto embodying my invention. Fig. 2

a back view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the same. 1

My bust supporter and reducer is made up of three sect-ions, the same comprising two are detachably connected together at the ad-.- joining edges by means of hooks and eyes or front sections 5, 5, and a. combined rear and side section 6, the two front sections being practically the same except that one is a right section, and the other a left section, and

other suitable fastenings common to corsets. Each front section at its outer edge is pro vided with a row of eyelets 7 and at intermediate points with pockets 8 and 9, the.

pocket 8 arranged approximately parallel to the outer edge of the section, and the pocket 9 arranged parallel to the inner edge of the section and joining the pocket 8 at the bottom, each pocket containing a whale- ;bone with the whalebone in. the pocket 9 cxtei'lding from the bottom of the section to a point about midway of its length. The

combined side and back section of the bust supporte and reducer is constructed of three pieces of suitable fabric, comprising two front side-pieces or sections 10, 10, two rear side pieces or sections 11, 11 and a back piece or section 12, the latter being gored and secured at the edges to the rear side pieces 11 which in turnare secured at the opposite edges to the front side pieces 10. The front edges of the front side pieces 10 are concave to conform to the convexity of the outer side edges of thefront section and are each provided with a row of eyelets 13 3 matching with the eyelets 7 from which they are separated a substantial distance and are connected by laces 14-. These laces are started at each side of the transverse center of the garment and are tied adjacent to the upper and lower edges. The front sections of the supporter and reducer are further connected to the front pieceslO of the combined side and back section by straps 15, two of these straps being shown at each side of the. garment arranged between the two laces.

The back piece 6 at each side and each 0 front side piece 10 have a half portion of a shoulder strap 16 with one of said portions provided with a tongue 17 arranged to extend under the otherportion and the two portions dctachably connected together by 9 a lace 18.

The back piece 6 is made of two sections which are sewed together at the center to form a stiffening rib 19 the same serving to make the garment conform to the body. 9 The frontside pieces 10 have pockets arranged. substantially parallel and adjacent to-their eyelet edges in which whalebones 20 are contained, the same serving tostiilcn the garment along these lines.

The Warp of the fabric of which the front sections of the garment and the front side pieces and back piece of the garment is made extend transversely of the body and the warp of the fabric of the rear side pieces extends longitudinally of the garment. Thus the sections or'pieces 11 have slight elasticdiscem iorm ity transversely and allow ,thewgarment-to expand Within the limits which they afford in B a hg an i mier l th sion, o I t e; straps and'laein'gs, whereas the remaining 5 sections orpieces of the germ-ent reiiieliis tic in. alike direction, but have the same elaseityf lengthwisefof the be 'iandadapted to wa over thebust fand "1fl 1; around t eiieok andjshoulclers H fbust' a ui dri form anea juvean "preVentsthe. formation lace 'ver' the f edge I of the 1 t se'otronsfind the "-front side sections oi m1 nt? The open space'between each ra s is; suitable for: mothers with hildifeu Withmt v the inconvenience. the corsetin the custom-i ofjthezj bust of 1 therwearer H Y v down mlay be efiectedabyinav ipulatio'n o'f the" appr end" lower laces 14.- v

s" desirecl to lower :the bust; the upper G firStftighteneG;to cause the upper:

compress orpush the bust downwardly; and then the lower laces 14 are made moderately tight. If it is desired to adjust the bust upwardly, the lower laces 14 are fir's'ti'tight' *eneol, causing. the lower part of the bustadjusting section 5' to tighten and lift up the bust; whereupon the upper laces 14: are naole moderately tight. a V ELLE" 2,; -Having thus describedfimy ini enti claim as new and desire tosecure' b L Patentfi-s =Asbody-supporting and fleshreduc 'g r; I set 'formedito end ,aboye, :(theliips anti at 'g arm-holes and comprising'. side sefcltio of Woven material extending, of B thei e P-thmed h g er l y wh by vSa i stretchable. iuadireothn to the wearer; to ,fit t back sections 'inte sections and continu ng h I up over; the shoulder; an fr'on tween sai loside section j front sections extending 11 0V der and laced to the t i tions,thetla tte1 and fio e n'g o W0 v ,c vthe warp thread extend ing? longlt whereby said f sont sections'i arestr in up and cl'own d ectionj'angljha A elasticity-and? are shoulder lacings aha the front.1aci;ngs', to upon the fieshof the wearer :mation of I; rolls a of at o t: v H

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